8.851 Strong Interactions, Spring 2003

Stewart, Iain

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Stewart, Iain

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Strong Interactions

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Abstract

The strong force which bind quarks together is described by a relativistic quantum field theory called quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Subject surveys: The QCD Langrangian, asymptotic freedom and deep inelastic scattering, jets, the QCD vacuum, instantons and the U(1) problem, lattice guage theory, and other phases of QCD. From the course home page: Course Description Strong Interactions is a course in the construction and application of effective field theories, which are a modern tool of choice in making predictions based on the Standard Model. Concepts such as matching, renormalization, the operator product expansion, power counting, and running with the renormalization group will be discussed. Topics will be taken from heavy quark decays and CP violation, factorization in hard processes (deep inelastic scattering and exclusive processes), non-relativistic bound states in field theory (QED and QCD), chiral perturbation theory, few-nucleon systems, and possibly other Standard Model subjects.

Date issued

2003-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36838

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

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8.851-Spring2003

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Keywords

matching, renormalization, power counting, heavy quark decays, CP violation, chiral perturbation theory, few-nucleon systems, strong force, quarks, relativistic quantum field theory, quantum chromodynamics, QCD, QCD Langrangian, asymptotic freedom, deep inelastic scattering, jets, QCD vacuum, instantons, U(1) proglem, lattice gauge theory, strong interactions, standard model, operator product expansion, factorization, hard processes, exclusive processes, non-relativistic bound states, QED, massive particles, effective field theory, soft-collinear effective theory, Nuclear reactions

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